Today’s sources: The Louisiana Radio Network, Town Talk, Advocate and Cenla Broadcasting.

The Saints take on the Cardinals in the Superdome tonight, giving players at crucial question mark positions on defense, running back, and at tight end a chance to cement their positions in the second game of the preseason. The first team defense flunked their first test last week, letting the Jags score with ease. WWL Radio Saints Sideline Reporter Steve Geller says tonight’s a good chance for a rebound. Kick off 7p, pregame at 5 on 96.9 KZMZ

The RPSO reports a Pineville man is behind bars after he fired his pistol at another vehicle on Monday. 48 year old Mark Vanderwater remains in the Rapides Parish Detention Center on a $500,000 bond. Witnesses told authorities that an "altercation" had happened between Vanderwater and the victim. When the victim stopped, Vanderwater "drove up on a motorcycle and attempted to block the driveway. The victim then drove around the suspect and, at that time, Vanderwater allegedly pulled a pistol from his vest and shot several times toward the vehicle. One bullet hit the driver's side glass, but the victim was not injured.

An Alexandria man with a long list of arrests has been arrested again. But, authorities didn’t have to go far to fine him, he was already behind bars after being charged with another robbery. The Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office charged 27 year old Micah Brevelle with one count of simple burglary, but more charges might be coming "as Brevelle may be implicated in other burglaries in the area.

A Deville man has been found guilty of attempted second-degree murder in the 2017 stabbing of his sleeping wife. 55 year old Stephen Lukens will be sentenced on Sept. 10. He was found guilty of the attempted murder charge and obstruction of justice after a Wednesday bench trial before 9th Judicial District Court Judge Greg Beard.

The family of Maxwell Gruver, an LSU student who died in a hazing incident last year, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, saying the school and fraternity knew for years that pledges were being abused and that the 18-year-old's death could have been avoided if the institutions had taken steps against "masculine rites of passage." The wrongful death lawsuit, which seeks $25 million in damages, names the university, a housing corporation, the fraternity and more than a dozen of its members.

The State Bond Commission barred two of the largest banks in the world from participating in efforts to fund some highway projects in Louisiana because of firearms policies instituted after recent mass shootings.

On 7-6 vote, the commission excluded Citigroup Inc., the nation’s third largest bank, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the second largest, from participating in a $600 million plan to widen Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge and improve access into the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, along with a project in Shreveport.

State Treasurer John Schroder made the motion saying the banks’ restrictions infringed on Louisiana residents’ constitutional right to buy guns.

A year or so back, Louisiana residents were told the state’s voting machines were up to date and secure. But now, the state is in the process of replacing those machines win the ones.. But the price is now set around ninety to ninety-five million dollars, up from the project sixty million earlier this summer. The recent bidding process was also accused of being rigged by a contractor that was passed over for the voting machines purchase.

A new report from the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network has evaluated Louisiana in its fight against the disease. Among the areas of concern, access to care, quality of life, and prevention. ACS-CAN spokesperson Lance Barbour says the state’s Medicaid expansion is a noteworthy highlight, opening the door to more treatment options.

State Superintendent of Education John White says it’s time to start paying the state’s teachers more money. As a guest on a Baton Rouge Talk show yesterday, White discussed the recovery of the economy and increased stability in the budget, now is the time to make sure teacher’s pay is keeping up with competition in other states and other industries. White says Louisiana was at the southern regional national average as recently as just a few years ago but recently has fallen behind.

The first medical pot is on track to be planted Friday after a successful meeting between the Ag Department, the LSU Ag Center, and GB Sciences, gave the green light for GB to start the process of growing the medicinal marijuana. It’s a temporary go ahead for GB, who provides the plants for LSU. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says the facility and GB Sciences still have some hurdles to clear for permanent authorization. He says they’ll need to discover whether or not pesticides will be necessary for the growth of the plants.

The son of an elderly woman who died last month from infected bedsores was arrested Thursday and accused of contributing to the neglect that resulted in his mother's death.

77 year old Barbara Lewis-Brown was found suffering from severe infection and living in deplorable conditions. She had not been moved from her sofa for months and was covered in her own waste with maggots all over her body. She also was suffering from malnourishment and dehydration, and was transported to a hospital, where she later died.

LendingTree says New Orleans has the third youngest startup entrepreneurs in the nation after a survey revealed the average age of new business owners in the Crescent City was 37.95 years old, just behind Buffalo and Salt Lake City. The city has become a destination location for millennials over the last decade, and NOLA Chamber of Commerce Communication Director Haley Pegg says it makes sense. The city was one of the most ethnically diverse locations on the top ten list, and Pegg says that diversity has made the city culturally, and economically appealing.

4,100 homeowners still need to submit some additional paperwork to the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program by October 1st. In order to get their reimbursement Executive Director of the Office of Community Development Pat Forbes says completing the application can have some serious benefits. Homeowners who qualify can visit restore.la.gov or call 1-866-735-2001 to complete the application process.

A former St. Tammany Parish Deputy has pleaded guilty to shaking down citizens for pot, not filing reports about the seizure, and later distributing it to his special someone. Kenneth Szalajeski will serve ten years in prison for the actions which happened of the course of five months